. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hat part of the vehicleformerly allotted to the guard and lug-gage. The result was an open car, 50 8 ft. 9 in., ready for a surprising-transformation. Substantial wooden up-rights were fixed at suitable distancesalong the sides of the carriage, and tothese the cots have been so fitted thatthey may be held up flush with the sideof the coach and out of the way, or letdown to form beds 6 ft. 6 in. bv 2 ft. nature have been made for dealing withthose problems of sanitation necessarilyarisin
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hat part of the vehicleformerly allotted to the guard and lug-gage. The result was an open car, 50 8 ft. 9 in., ready for a surprising-transformation. Substantial wooden up-rights were fixed at suitable distancesalong the sides of the carriage, and tothese the cots have been so fitted thatthey may be held up flush with the sideof the coach and out of the way, or letdown to form beds 6 ft. 6 in. bv 2 ft. nature have been made for dealing withthose problems of sanitation necessarilyarising in a case of this kind, and astrong steam jet is provided for steriliz-ing purposes. Hereabouts the lloor islead covered; through the rest of the carthe floor is covered with a thick whole interior is enameled white,and the entire effect with beds made upis most neat and reposeful. Education on the Pennsylvania Amongthe Foreigners. On the Pennsylvania a report sets fortha statement which has been prepared todevelop, among other things, what educa-tional work might be done to improve. INTERIOR OF AN INVALID WARD. COTS MADE UP READY FOR OCCUPANCY. 6 in. The beds are disposed in twotiers and when made up are supportedby stanchions to the floor in the case ofthe lower range and to the side pillarsin that of the upper. Three sets of twoon each side of the carriage, twelve inall, are provided in the larger of the twosections of the vehicle formed by thepresence of the doors; there are eightmore, two sets of two on each side, inthe smaller section. In one of the carsfour of the beds are specially allocatedfor officers. The beds, of course, extendacross the carriage windows, and con-sequently green curtains have been fittedwhich can be readily drawn across when-ever desirable. Beyond the beds in thelarger section of the car, the lavatoryaccommodation has been enlarged and re-arranged. The lavatory proper is onone side of the carriage, a folding wash-basin and folding tab
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